After getting all that stuff, we continue on by beating the last of the Mavericks in the game.
Toxic Seahorse
Shortly after the start, you'll be forced to go up to continue. If you go all the way up, you'll find the Heart Tank for this stage.
After the first set of doors, you can use the Robot Ride platform to the right to use the Frog armor. Here, you'll be able to get some good airtime and also have the missiles home in on enemies instead of flying straight down. The fourth set of armor that leaps around and shoots missiles downward on land will work perfectly in the water below, as the missiles will work as homing missiles and you'll be able to jump multiple times.
Also, if you use Frost Shield here, the projectiles will get bigger. If you charge it up in water, however, you'll create an iceberg that floats to the surface of the water when you shoot it out. You can use this to get the Kangaroo armor (which has spiked fists much like Vile's Robot Ride armor in this game).
You can also use to find a pink capsule. Climb up the right wall where the fans are, and you'll find a pink capsule. This is a Chip for the Leg Enhancement, which allows you to dash in the air twice in a row. There are four pink capsules in the game, and if you jump into any of them, you won't be able to get any of the other Chips. The chip you choose will be saved in your password.
The spiked turtle robots lose their shells when destroyed, and those shells will float to the surface of the water.
There is, however, a way to get all four add-ons. This will be mentioned later. (A spoiler, I know, but I thought I'd answer this question now.)
The second set of doors leads to a squid mini-boss. Shoot this thing in the head as you move away from all the mines and missiles that it shoots out.
Toxic Seahorse's weakness is the Frost Shield. Avoid his jump attacks, and watch the acid that he shoots carefully as it can bounce off the walls. If you can time it just right, you can hit him with the Frost Shield, jump, fire the Frost Shield and have Toxic Seahorse run smack into the Frost Shield as he leaps at you, sending him back to the ground. If you can time it right for long enough, you can do it forever without having to deal with any of his attacks or his teleportation ability where he melts into the ground and pops up somewhere else.
Beating Toxic Seahorse will give you the Acid Burst. It's a bubble of acid that will burn through acid.
Crush Crawfish
The music here is pretty good. So good, in fact, that I let the whole first loop play in silence just for the sake of it.
There is a Robot Ride platform just below the start.
Just to the right of the Robot Ride platform is a gray platform that can be destroyed with a powered-up Triad Thunder. Stand on it, then power up Triad Thunder and you'll go down into a hidden area where you'll find the H icon for the Hawk Armor. The Hawk armor allows you to hover for a few seconds by double-tapping the jump button., and also shoot missiles straight ahead.
When you go right, the red robot with the dual ball-and-chain weapons will break the platform as well as a few more below it. Go down two levels, then break the wall to the right with the Hawk Armor. You'll find the Heart Tank for this stage.
At the lowest level, go right and drop down the first pit you see. Break the cracked wall with a fully-charged Triad Thunder, and you'll be able to find another pink capsule. This one is the Armor Enhancement Chip, which turns your shield red and cuts damage taken even more.
If you've beaten Bit, you'll face Byte in the first empty room. (This is one of four stages where you'll meet Byte, but this is where I usually meet him.) He will shoot his fist at the wall, and the fist will drag you towards it. Byte will then dash towards his fist, and if he runs into you, he'll knock you into the ceiling before knocking you into the far side of the room. Stay at the top corner, then air dash over Byte when he dashes towards you. Hit him with Tornado Fang, which will do the most damage. If you know what to do, this battle shouldn't take a lot of time and effort. If you land the final blow with Tornado Fang, Byte will die instead of flee. (I'm only putting the strategies for the Byte battle here because this is where I usually meet Byte whenever I play the game. The Let's Play ended up being the exception to the rule, apparently.
The green robots with the laser cannons and the angled legs will fold backwards to shoot your legs off. Finish them off with fully-charged X-Buster shots. Just below the first one you see here is a hidden passage in the floor that takes you to a teleporter to the abandoned factory where you can fight Vile. (If you've beaten Vile, you won't be able to take this hidden passage at all.)
The second section has you going into a submarine dock...and into a submarine itself. Use the Tornado Fang on the wall blocking the two 1-Ups in the upper-right corner of the expansive room leading to the door leading to the boss.
The second door leads to a machine. Shoot at the center of it to sink the submarine and turn it sideways. This will allow you to climb to the last set of doors leading to Crush Crawfish.
To beat Crush Crawfish, hit him with Triad Thunder, then air dash over him. Avoid the claw attack, and don't be too far in the air when the creatures he shoots out that climb the wall come down. (You don't want to touch these things, either, as they'll drop you straight back down to the floor.)
Beating Crush Crawfish gives you the Spinning Blade.
When you beat all eight Mavericks, you'll find out that Dr. Doppler is creating a Battle Body...and it's probably for Sigma. You'll then be able to enter Doppler's underground lab.
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